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Villa Venice was located on Milwaukee Avenue along the Des Plaines River in what is now Wheeling, Illinois (then in an unincorporated area of Cook County). It was designed as a lavish supper-club / entertainment resort, combining dining, theatrical revues, dancing, and novelty attractions (such as gondola rides) to evoke the canals of Venice. It was built on a parcel of about 18 acres purchased by Albert “Papa” Bouche. | Villa Venice was located on Milwaukee Avenue along the Des Plaines River in what is now Wheeling, Illinois (then in an unincorporated area of Cook County). It was designed as a lavish supper-club / entertainment resort, combining dining, theatrical revues, dancing, and novelty attractions (such as gondola rides) to evoke the canals of Venice. It was built on a parcel of about 18 acres purchased by Albert “Papa” Bouche. | ||
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| + | Gaglioppo is a red wine grape variety native to southern Italy, primarily grown in the region of Calabria—the “toe” of the Italian boot. It’s one of Italy’s oldest and most distinctive indigenous grapes. | ||
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Villa Venice was located on Milwaukee Avenue along the Des Plaines River in what is now Wheeling, Illinois (then in an unincorporated area of Cook County). It was designed as a lavish supper-club / entertainment resort, combining dining, theatrical revues, dancing, and novelty attractions (such as gondola rides) to evoke the canals of Venice. It was built on a parcel of about 18 acres purchased by Albert “Papa” Bouche.
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Gaglioppo
Gaglioppo is a red wine grape variety native to southern Italy, primarily grown in the region of Calabria—the “toe” of the Italian boot. It’s one of Italy’s oldest and most distinctive indigenous grapes.
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roll a couple frames
Go bowling
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He’s got the biggest minghiuzza in the criminal trades, major league fungo stick
a slangy Italianate invention, probably from ‘’minchia’’ (Southern Italian/Sicilian vulgar slang for penis, literally “dick”). Adding the playful suffix -uzza makes it sound exaggerated, comic, or boastful — something like “the biggest you-know-what”. And “major league fungo stick” (a long lightweight baseball bat for hitting practice balls to fielders) reinforces the metaphor.
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